“Avakov will certainly still be in the government. But not under this system of power,” he said, commenting on the words of the head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction David Arakhamia, who, after Avakov’s resignation, stated that he can return to government, but for a different position.
The ex-minister said that he resigned after a conversation with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky… According to Avakov, during this conversation, Zelensky invited him to do other work and named specific positions.
“I said:“ Listen, let me rest, maybe I’ll like it on vacation. You may change your mind. Therefore, let’s wait. “And so it happened. And I do not want to go into this system of executive power, which is now being built. Well, apparently, such an ardent desire did not arise in the Office of the President,” Avakov said.
He said that he doesn’t want to be yet. “neither the prime minister, nor the president, nor this ” and has no desire to run for parliament.
“Parliamentary elections in two years. We will see how my ideas, which I have now drawn for myself, will be implemented. But in general, I am not very interested in being in parliament, at the desk for the generation of legislative acts. And I do not want to deceive anyone. We are quietly must tell the truth to society. Perhaps I don’t need to go to parliament, even regardless of whether I have a high rating or a low rating. Perhaps for some politicians a different role is important. That’s all. Therefore, I have no desire to go under the dome to work no, “Avakov said.
According to the ex-minister, his goal now is to create a platform for communication between “sensible politicians”.
“As for the political component, I certainly will not give it up. I will pay attention, but not to projects, not to my own party, or to the party of a fast-growing [экс-главы Верховной Рады Дмитрия] Razumkov, or the game of Vladimir Borisovich Groisman, which is also very dynamically developing. I want to make sure that all these sane politicians learn to find a common language with each other. Because my deep conviction is that only the balance of these different, but smart people can create the future of Ukraine. And let these different people then sit down and talk calmly about the future of Ukraine, that for this we will argue among ourselves, but for this – definitely not. We must agree on this, sitting at a round table. And then this balance will give the country dynamics. I would like […] for this communication to bear fruit. So that we do not get the next elections with the next set of executors, which will lead to nothing but competition and mutual war. I want us to hold elections, get some kind of result, and this result would not be a computer game – when everyone is shooting at each other, they get more power or more money. We could do something systemic to move the country forward, “he added.
Avakov headed the Ministry of Internal Affairs from February 2014 to July 2021. He was a member of the governments of Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Vladimir Groisman, Alexei Goncharuk and Denis Shmygal.
On July 13, Avakov submitted an application about resignation Minister of the Interior. The media wrote that to resign him asked Zelensky.
On July 15, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine accepted Avakov’s resignation statement and fired him… Avakov himself did not attend the parliamentary session.
On November 4, the ex-minister gave his first interview after his dismissal in whichharshly criticized the decisions of the current government, including NSDC sanctions, said that several months before resigning “felt uncomfortable”, because “everything erodes into intrigue”, and criticized the preparation for the heating season.
He also announced the possibility of creating a political alliance.
“I’m centrist. But I admit that there are left-wing centrists such as [Дмитрий] Razumkov, for example, is, and God grant him health, a very promising person. There are right-wing centrists – Groisman Vladimir Borisovich, Arseniy Petrovich [Яценюк]… There is Yulia Vladimirovna [Тимошенко] – it is above everything. There is [Олег] Lyashko – he just is. There is [Игорь] Smeshko, other people will surely appear. Let’s think that all these smart and different people try to make an alliance, a misalliance – I don’t care – that will allow us to create a balance that would move our country forward. This is what I want to do. Yes, this is politics, yes it will be, I will not go anywhere and will do this“, – Avakov said then.
Advisor to Andrey Ermak Podolyak commenting on an interview, said that Avakov wants to regain power, therefore “ennobles his own past” and “is looking for allies in oligarchic structures.”
On November 10, the ex-minister said that in the OP decided to “counterattack” him with fakes.
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